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UTC Interlogix TVE-DEC12 User Manual

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TVE-DEC12 User Manual
P/N 1073627-EN • REV C • ISS 27JUN19

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  • Page 1 TVE-DEC12 User Manual P/N 1073627-EN • REV C • ISS 27JUN19...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2019 United Technologies Corporation. Interlogix is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. Trademarks and Trade names used in this document may be trademarks or registered patents trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the respective products.
  • Page 3 Product warnings and THESE PRODUCTS ARE INTENDED FOR SALE TO AND disclaimers INSTALLATION BY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. UTC FIRE & SECURITY CANNOT PROVIDE ANY ASSURANCE THAT ANY PERSON OR ENTITY BUYING ITS PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ANY “AUTHORIZED DEALER” OR “AUTHORIZED RESELLER”, IS PROPERLY TRAINED OR EXPERIENCED TO CORRECTLY INSTALL FIRE AND SECURITY RELATED PRODUCTS.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Content Important information 3 Limitation of liability 3 Advisory messages 3 Introduction 4 Package contents 4 Key features 4 First-time use 4 Default network settings 5 Tips on creating a strong password: 5 Accessing the web browser 5 Device manager network settings 6 Product description 7 Hardware 7 Video wall description 8...
  • Page 6 Set up scenes 31 Manage the decoding of a video tile 33 Set up a sequence of streams in a tile 33 Appendix: Supported devices 34 TVE-DEC12 User Manual...

  • Page 7: Important Information

    Important information Limitation of liability To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will UTCFS be liable for any lost profits or business opportunities, loss of use, business interruption, loss of data, or any other indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages under any theory of liability, whether based in contract, tort, negligence, product liability, or otherwise.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Introduction The TruVision TVE-DEC12 is a H.264/H.265 IP video decoder that decodes IP video streams and shows them on the connected monitors. Based on a powerful DSP and a stable embedded system design, the TVE-DEC12 decoder provides a high resolution decoding function for live view from TruVision IP cameras, digital video recorders, network video recorders and encoders.

  • Page 9: Default Network Settings

    Default network settings The default network settings are: • IP address - 192.168.1.70 • Subnet mask - 255.255.255.0 • Gateway address - 192.168.1.1 • HTTP port: 80 When you first start up the unit, the Activation window appears. You must define a high security admin password before you can access the unit.

  • Page 10: Device Manager Network Settings

    3. Enter the user name (default: admin) and password to log into the system. The decoder’s main page appears, which by default is Video Wall (see Figure 3 on page Device manager network settings Use TruVision Device Manager to find and configure the IP address and other parameters of the device.

  • Page 11: Product Description

    Product description Hardware Figure 1: Front panel LED indicator Description 1. Power Power LED 2. Link Network connection LED 3. Tx/Rx Data transmitting/receiving status LED 4. HDMI HDMI output 5. VGA VGA output 6. Audio out RCA Audio output 7. Video out BNC decoding output Figure 2: Back panel Name...

  • Page 12: Video Wall Description

    Video wall description Figure 3: Video Wall webpage Name Description Video Wall menu Set up how you want the video wall to appear. Lets you select which device is displayed on which monitor. Drag and drop devices from the device tree to a monitor. Note: Video images cannot be seen on the decoder webpage.

  • Page 13: Configuration Menu Tree

    Name Description The Send to Back button lets you switch the positions of overlapping video tiles. Using the mouse, you can position the streaming tiles to overlap. By clicking the ‘Send to the back layer’ button, the two tiles swap positions: the tile in the front moves to the background and the tile in the background, moves to the front.

  • Page 14: System Configuration

    System configuration Log in and go to the Configuration menu to configure the general settings of the decoder. The System menu has three main menus: • System settings • Maintenance • User management System settings Use this menu to: • Set and view the system Information, such as set the decoder name, and view the version of the firmware and decoder.

  • Page 15: Maintenance

    Maintenance Use this menu to: • Reboot the decoder: The administrator can reboot the decoder. • Restore/Default the decoder: The administrator can reset the decoder to the factory default settings. Network information such as IP address, subnet mask, and gateway are not restored to factory default settings. Note: Only the administrator can restore factory default settings.

  • Page 16: User Management

    2. To restore all parameters, except network settings, to default factory settings: Click the Restore button. Enter the Admin password, click OK, and then click confirm that you want to restore all parameters except network settings to default. -or- To restore all parameters to default factory settings: Click the Default button.
  • Page 17 2. Click the button to add a new user. 3. Enter the user name and the Admin password. 4. Assign the user rights to this user for the operations that they can do remotely. Select one or more of the following rights: •...

  • Page 18: Network Configuration

    Network configuration The Network menu allows you to manage all network related aspects of the decoder including general network settings, DDNS, NTP synchronization, email setup, UPnP settings, FTP server setup, and IP address filter. TCP/IP settings To configure the general network settings: 1.

  • Page 19: Ddns Settings

    DDNS settings DDNS servers allow you to connect to your decoder using a dynamic address. This dynamic address needs to be registered with a DNS service. The DDNS setup menu allows you to enable or disable DDNS and to configure it using ezDDNS, No-IP or DynDNS.

  • Page 20: Https Settings

    DynDNS: Select DynDNS and enter the server address for DynDNS. In the decoder domain name field, enter the domain name obtained from the DynDNS web site. Then enter your user name and password registered in the DynDNS network. For example: Server address: members.dyndns.org Domain: mycompanydvr.dyndns.org User name: myname...
  • Page 21 2. Check Enable HTTPS. Note: This only works if you have entered the address in the browser as HTTPS (as in https://192.168.1.70) 3. Select the type of certificate you want: • Create a self-signed certificate: a) Select Create Self-Signed certificate. b) Click Create.

  • Page 22: Decoding Configuration

    Decoding configuration This menu contains settings that influence the decoding behavior, such as automatically switching between main and substream, configuring transparent channels, synchronizing video outputs, and defining what appears on the monitors when decoding stops. Stream configuration The stream configuration setting allows the decoder to switch automatically between main and substream when the resource limit of the decoder is reached.

  • Page 23: Synchronous Output Settings

    2. Select the desired transparent channel from the list to configure. 3. Click Modify to modify the parameters of the selected transparent channel. 4. Under Local Serial Port Remote Serial Port select either RS-485 or RS-232. Local Serial Port: The serial port used as the transparent channel by the decoder. Remote Serial Port: The serial port used as the transparent channel by the encoding device.

  • Page 24: Display Options

    2. Click Enable Sync Out to enable the synchronization of all outputs. A message box pops up saying that all outputs will be synchronized after the screen goes black momentarily. 3. Click to confirm the settings. Display options Use the Display Options menu to define what appears on the monitors when decoding stops.

  • Page 25: Security Control

    Security control Use the Security Control menu to enable/disable SSH, HTTPS, network discovery and the webpage time out. To set up the Security Control: 1. Go to Configuration > Decoding Configuration > Security Control. 2. Make the necessary changes to the settings: SSH: It can be enabled and disabled.

  • Page 26: Configuring The Video Wall

    Configuring the video wall The decoder can be used with HDMI, VGA and BNC monitors simultaneously, allowing you to create a video wall. A video wall allows camera images (video tiles) to be displayed on more than one monitor. See Figure 3 on page 8 for a description of the video wall. Video wall layout You need to define the layout of the video wall depending on the physical setup of the three monitors.

  • Page 27: Monitor Resolutions

    Monitor resolutions You must define the resolution of every monitor. Note: Output configuration mode is not used in this version of the decoder. To setup the resolution for the VGA monitor: 1. Go to Configuration > Video Wall Configuration. 2. Right-click the VGA monitor and select Resolution Configuration.

  • Page 28: Add, Modify Or Delete Video Streams

    Select one the following HDMI resolutions: 1024 x 768 @ 60Hz (XGA) 1920 x 1080 @ 50Hz (1080P) 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz (SXGA) 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz (UXGA) 1280 x 720 @ 50Hz (720P) 1690 x 1050 @ 60Hz (WSXGA) 1280 x 720 @ 60Hz (720P) 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz (4K) 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080P)
  • Page 29 3. Click + RTSP to add a RTSP stream of a device. To add a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1. Click in the Video Wall window. The +IP Add window appears: 2. Enter the information for the device: •...
  • Page 30 of the total number of analog cameras that could be connected to the recorder and the actual number of IP cameras connected. For example, this is the window for adding a 16-channel TVR 15HD recorder with 12 analog cameras and 4 IP cameras to the decoder. The channel number to enter is 20 (16 is the maximum number of analog cameras that could be connected plus 4 IP cameras actually connected): 3.
  • Page 31 To modify a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1. Click in the Video Wall webpage. The +IP Modify window appears. Change the desired information and click OK. To delete a TruVision IP camera, ONVIF camera, or encoder/recorder channel: 1.

  • Page 32: Using The Decoder

    Using the decoder Once you have set up the devices/streams on the monitors (see “Configuring the video wall” on page 22), you can then adjust where and how the video tiles appear on screen. Add device streams in the monitors You can easily add device streams to the monitors.

  • Page 33: Select A Predefined Layout

    Figure 6: Resizing a video tile One of the features of the video wall is that you can show one stream spread over different monitors. To do this, extend the size of the rectangle over the two monitors (see Figure 7 below). Figure 7: Extending a video tile over two monitors Select a predefined layout There are some predefined layouts available that you can select for each monitor.

  • Page 34: Freely Position A Video Tile

    To select a predefined layout: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. Add a stream to a monitor. By default, the stream will be displayed in full screen mode. 3. Select the stream so that you see the red rectangle. 4. Click the multiview button and select the desired layout.
  • Page 35 To set up a roaming tile: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. If you have not already done so, configure the video wall layout and add the devices, such as camera or recorder streams. Define the multiview layout of the selected video monitor.
  • Page 36 Figure 9: Example of scenes assigned to three monitors To save a scene: 1. Go to Video Wall. 2. To save this layout as a scene, click the Save/Save As button. 3. Enter the name of the scene to be saved and click OK. The layout with streams is then saved as a scene: To play, rename, or delete a scene: 1.
  • Page 37 Manage the decoding of a video tile Right-click a stream tile to show the available commands for that tile. The list of options displayed will depend on the device selected. The options available are: • Stop decoding: Start/stop decoding. • Show the decoding status: Show the decoding information for the selected stream.
  • Page 38 Appendix: Supported devices Cameras Legacy TruVision IP cameras (TVx-Mx2xx) Series 5 (fixed and PTZ) Series 1 PTZ and fixed cameras Series 6 Series 2 360° cameras (TVF) Series 3 Panoramic wedge Series 4 Residential cameras (RS-xxxx) Series 4 Stainless Steel Thermal cameras Encoders TVE-400...

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